The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
ωσπερP66 · P75 · P95 | As | Ὥσπερ | As | — | | | sicut | Sicut | As | ܐܝܟܢܐ | As | Ὥσπερ | As | |||||
γαρP66 · P75 · P95 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
οP66 · P75 · P95 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | uiuens | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πηρP66 · P75 · P95 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܕܠܐܒܐ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
εχιP66 · P75 · P95 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | habet | habet | has | — | — | ἔχει | has | |||||
ζωηνP66 · P75 · P95 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | ܐܝܬ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
ενP66 · P75 · P95 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܚܝܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
εαυτωP66 · P75 · P95 | Himself, | ἑαυτῷ, | Himself, | εαυτω | | | se | semetipso | Himself, | ܒܩܢܘܡܗ | Himself, | ἑαυτῷ | Himself, | |||||
ουτωσP66 · P75 · P95 | so | οὕτως | so | ουτως | | | sic | sic | so | ܗܟܢܐ | so | οὕτως | so | |||||
καιP66 · P75 · P95 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | dedit | dedit | also | ܝܗܒ | also | ἔδωκεν | also | |||||
τωP66 · P75 · P95 | to the | τῷ | to the | — | | | ipso | — | — | — | — | καὶ | to the | |||||
υιωP66 · P75 · P95 | Son | υἱῷ | Son | — | | | et | et | Son | ܐܦ | Son | τῷ | Son | |||||
εδωκενP66 · P75 · P95 | He gave | ἔδωκεν | He gave | εδωκεν | | | filio | Filio | He gave | — | — | υἱῷ | He gave | |||||
ζωηνP66 · P75 · P95 | life | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | habere | habere | life | ܠܒܪܐ | life | ζωὴν | life | |||||
εχεινP66 · P75 · P95 | to have | ἔχειν | to have | εχειν | | | uitam | vitam | to have | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | to have | ἔχειν | to have | |||||
ενP66 · P75 · P95 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܚܝܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
εαυτωP66 · P75 · P95 | Himself, | ἑαυτῷ, | Himself, | εαυτω | | | semet | semetipso | Himself, | ܒܩܢܘܡܗ | Himself, | ἑαυτῷ | Himself, | |||||
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